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24 Cards in this Set
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Industrial Revolution
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The shift, beginning in England during the 18th century, from making goods by hand to making them by machine
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Annexation
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The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit
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factors of production
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The resources - including land, labor, and capital – that are needed to produce goods and services
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crop rotation
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The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land
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entrepreneur
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A person who organizers, manages, and takes on the risks of a business.
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urbanization
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The growth of cities and the migration of people into them
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strike
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To refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands
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communism
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An economic system in which all means of production – land, mines, factories, railroads, and business – are owned by the people, private, property does not exist, and all goods and services are shared equally
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laissez faire
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The idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and business
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capitalism
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An economic system based private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit
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socialism
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An economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all.
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suffrage
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The right to vote
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union
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An association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages
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Assembly Line
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In a factory, an arrangement in which a product is moved from worker to worker, with each person performing a single task in its manufacture
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Imperialism
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A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially.
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Social Darwinism
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The application of Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution and “survival of the fittest” to human societies – particularly as justification for imperialist expansion.
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proletariat
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in Marxist theory, the factory worker.
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Sepoy
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An Indian soldier serving under British command
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Suez Canal
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A human-made waterway, which was opened in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
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Sphere of influence
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A foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities
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Boxer Rebellion
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a 1900 revolt in China, aimed at ending foreign influence in the country
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White Man’s Burden
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the alleged duty of the white race to care for subject peoples of other races in its colonial possessions - after a poem of the same title by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
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Russo-Japanese War
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A 1904-1905 conflict between Russia and Japan, sparked by the two countries’ efforts to dominate Manchuria and Korea
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Taiping Rebellion
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A mid-19th century rebellion against the Qing Dynasty in China, led by Hong Xiuquan
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